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    DISCOVERY 1 HEATER BLOWER

    The earlier disco (200 series) is fitted with the old RR fan which is which is fitted horizontal but it can be seen…just. Unlike the 300 series which is under the glove box. My RR fan bearings seized so wouldn't spin, and so the fan was replaced, the workshop manual showed how but I left it to a...
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    Defender V8 3.9EFI manual to automatic

    1. The kick down cable attaches via a bracket to the throttle along with the existing throttle cable. 2. The 3.9 auto gearbox has two coolers one on the side of the radiator (the opposite side on the rad to the engine oil cooler), the other auto cooler is a small stand alone item positioned...
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    Disco 1 1991 v8 fuel pump electrical wiring

    Ok the green-black wire is to the fuel gauge sender unit from the guage, the fuel pump has two wires white-blue is the 12v supply to the pump from the inertia switch (fuel cutoff) plus a black wire to ground (earth). Thats when your 3.5 V8 EFI disco left the factory in 1991. After the inertia...
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    D2 AIRCON u/s

    Simple question thats been asked before, link below and there’s a post to the part … or similar u require, so just undo a bolt and an electrical connection and maybe a clip or two 15 minutes and the jobs done simples.😊 https://www.landyzone.co.uk/land-rover/aircon-compressor-parts.340145/...
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    D1 mudflap part 15

    Thanks. Ok a bit more info: Part numbers may have been superseded or now obsolete, if so, then now there’s pattern parts. Ive seen no.13 as a patten part and are galvanised. No.15 BTR569 RH rear & BTR561 LH rear. No.13 MXC6509 RH rear & MXC6510 LH rear. There’s loads of mud flaps on eBay at...
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    D1 mudflap part 15

    15 is a Plate Mudflap Support used only on the MPI disco1. They are handed so different part numbers for LH or RH 13 is a Bracket FUW Rear Mudflap and also handed. And to just add, most LR parts suppliers (eBay) have them as Genuine or a pattern part. Sent from my iPad on a train.
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    300tdi Conflicting Thermostat Details

    The correct thermostat for the 300Tdi is ERR3291 and its stated to be fully open at 88c, so if thats true it will at begin to open 82c or there about. 88c is identical to the 200Tdi thermostat ERR2803.
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    Drivers window not working 1998 Disco

    No relays involved in the window operation, just switches plus an ecu. Link to D1 manual which will have the wiring diagram you require. https://www.fuddymuckers.co.uk/rtfm/Discovery/D1/Discovery_1_LRL-0077-ENX-5-1998-04_Electrical_Troubleshooting_Manual_5th_Edition.pdf
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    Disco 2 Cheaply treat this invisible rust hidden deep in the door?

    There’s loads of stuff available for coating which will help keep oxygen and moisture from reaching the surface. Waxoyl by Hammerrite has been around a long long while in the UK, it can be sprayed on like oil and then slowly sets as a semi hard wax, I expect most countries have something similar...
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    Disco 2 Cheaply treat this invisible rust hidden deep in the door?

    Nothing new then, my RR doors were full of rust with the back doors perforated in parts when I sold it. Whats the yellow stuff? that looks as if its sprayed, and u can’t see daylight so thats good. So when I got my my disco I took the door cards off and sprayed in waxoyl, plus a few other...
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    FOUND ONE

    Nope, just a pint of beer, which is easy £5 in london where I am most days 🙂 But if listed on eBay it would include their fee plus the p&p which I do know as I send books now and again via Evri for £3.60 The brand new flaps that i got from (John Graddock) via eBay cost £11.99 and are identical...
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    FOUND ONE

    Is this what your after. I replace my front flaps a last year, the n/s was hanging by a thread so as its easy to change I replaced the o/s as well. It the second time the fronts have been change they may not do much as each one is fitted reversed as splash guards are in the way. Front splash...
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    Classic 1995 Range Rover County Classic 3.9 V8 - Idles but stalls out when in Drive or Reverse

    Re-check the ‘base idle’ adjustment again.
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    Disco 1 disco 1 removal of abs sensors.what do you put in there place.for mot.

    If the ABS has been intentionally rendered inoperative, the whole system must be removed. This does not apply to sensor rings or other ABS components which are an integral part of another component, such as a brake disc or drive shaft.
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    Disco 2 D2 water leaks

    That depends on you to decide if sunroofs are worth it. My disco 1 is the first vehicle and the last to have sunroofs , at the time there wasn’t the option not to, but as it also has A/C there’s no need to open them other than once for a spring clean around the glass seal and a bit of lube. In...
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    DISCOVERY 1 HEATER CONTROL PANEL BUST! REPAIR OR REPLACE?

    BTR3672JUL is the part number, you may find a new item if you search, but there is a second hand one on eBay for just £50. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/176155029134?itmmeta=01J1SDP69EGEWEVP0PV46VSJ8D&hash=item2903a86e8e:g:yXcAAOSwZJZllzq0
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    Disco 1 bleed brakes

    I single person using a one way valve will work with bleeding the D1 brakes to replace the fluid. Halfords plus loads of shiny ones on eBay 😊
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    3.5 hotwire efi won't start - solved, poor connection to coil -ve!

    Opps and so it is. 😉☺️ Been a long day. My disco has two identical resistors which were taped to the coil but only one is used. There was a post on it years ago so i went out and had a look and found both, apparently there was an issue (may have been engine not running) and the exact resistor...
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    3.5 hotwire efi won't start - solved, poor connection to coil -ve!

    Ok the 3.9 ECU also has a connection to to the coils neg terminal via an in-line resistor. Attached is a copy of the 3.5 hot wire diagram. All i can find at the moment.
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    3.5 hotwire efi won't start - solved, poor connection to coil -ve!

    Although I had a RR 3.5 flapper I didn’t know much about it as I didn’t have any issues and LR service it, but in my quest for knowledge I do have a Haynes Manual for the 3.5 RR I’ll have a look see first at the relevant wiring diagram. With my 3.9 Disco there’s a 12v supply from the ignition...